BEAT OFF? BEAT ON!

Woo-hoo! Anything with JFK on the cover is AOK in my book. But five JFKs? Look out, Jackie-O! You're in for the ménage-a-six of your life! Sike! There ain't a whole lot of sex on this record, but there are guys with cool names like Torsten and Arnim! And they were all born with a more pronounceable gift: the ability to rock you! I don't know where the Beatsteaks are from, because I accidentally threw out the press release, and, frankly, I just don't feel like being resourceful right now. But their new album, Living Targets, not only explains the dead Kennedy quintet on the cover, but it also proves that Europeans can carry a tune! A lot of this disc reminds me of old Face to Face, before they became big emo pussies, but, completely contradicting that statement, every song sounds different. Does that make any sense to you? It sure does to me. Play "Let Me In", then listen to "Above Us". Both rocking, but both completely different.
What am I saying? Try this disc, you silly bitches. Buy it, and dig it. Let our Trans-Atlantic, fret-fingering brothers in the Beatsteaks take you away like a pit-moshing, head-banging musical Calgon. And if you hate it, which means you just don't like to rock melodically, there's always eBay.